Not long after Eric and i married my mother in law Salli went to see her doctor, she had not been sick, but felt like she wasn't loosing weight. After some tests it was determined she had colon cancer, after some more, they also found she had kidney cancer. She was a very strong headed women (so no surprise where Rohan gets it) she worked almost until the day she died. She still took care of Eric, and his brothers Jermey and Jesse, she called us weekly to make sure everything was ok. She was strong until the end. We got the call on a Wednesday morning, i was about 4 months pregnant with Rohan, and Aragorn was almost 2. I have learned in life that a call early in the morning (or late at night) is never good. And when i saw Eric's face, and the tears brim over his eyes, i knew our fears had come true, my mother in law, Eric's mother, had died. She was 49.I mention this, because, it becomes more and more apparent every day how much she is missed in our life. When we were pregnant with Aragorn, i was so excited we would be able to send him to see his grandmother in the place where his dad had grown up. I was excited he would get a nice slower paced life when he would visit her, and i was excited that she was excited for all of this as well. I love Salli dearly, she was a great women, spunky and crazy, level headed and business savvy, she was funny, and didn't take anything from anyone. She was shopping the Christmas before she passed, and was mugged, well, he attempted to mug her. She called us after it happened and i was amazed, here is this women who is battling Cancer, on chemo treatments 3 times a week, working 2 jobs, and still managed to punch the guy in the face. He did not mug her, he ran..........fast.
I hope she knows we love her, and miss her everyday, that i wish we could escape to visit her sometimes. That Eric misses talking to her on Sunday's and her Thanksgiving feasts (ok....ok so do I......Eric just can't get that gravy right) most of all though, i am sad everyday that she won't see her grand kids see who they have become, and see the adventure to who they will be. I know she's smiling and laughs all the time at our exploits.
We miss and Love you Salli.
Eric, Sam, Aragorn, Rohan and Tabbi
